BARB-A-BAAL-A-LOO

The same considerations as for those ones already pointed out in the case of melodic US albums such as "Tall Tales" by Crucible or inside the debut album by Iluvatar: their stuff is in the average, sometimes surprising, in other circumstances (a few ones fortunately) more insipid, but always pleasant...the use of a pretty flute and good keyboards as well, make this album interesting, but its discontinuity is hidden behind the corner,especially talking about their poor harmonic solutions!!The vocalist sometimes reminds me of that one by French "Ange", above all during such more aggressive melodic excursions:"Dans la vide" for instance is well built on dramatic tones, sometimes a bit forced,otherwise being anyway characterized by a certain creativity!! As a light "symphonic progressive" album (in some circumstances anyway much better and more complex than their previous works) with a modern "mainstream" tone, it deserves indeed a 3 stars score, but such rating becomes inferior by comparing this album to the best Romantic albums by Genesis..make your own choice!!